Hoover-North game interrupted by gunfire to conclude Oct. 1

Des Moines' Hoover and North high schools will play the remaining minutes of a Sept. 7 football game that was cut short by gunfire at 6 p.m. Oct. 1.

The teams will pick up where they left off at Hoover's McGrane Stadium, with just 2 minutes, 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

It's Hoover's ball, facing a third-and-6 on North's 36 yard line with the Huskies ahead of the Polar Bears 21-18, by the way.

"It speaks very highly of the students on both teams, not only their commitment to finishing what they started, but also not letting a senseless act by a few people define them or their school," said Phil Roeder, director of communications at Des Moines Public Schools.

The game was ended abruptly by the sounds of what one witness described as "close to maybe 20 shots fired from the south parking lot."

Uncooperative suspects and witnesses have prevented Des Moines police from making any arrests in the case, Sgt. Paul Parizek, a spokesperson for the Des Moines Police Department, said earlier this week.